Don't take medication in a dark room.

[YuliK]

Yesterday night I fumbled for my 5mg and 1mg of prednisone and took it with a little yogurt.

This morning I couldn't pull myself up out of bed. All my pmr symptoms were back.

Silly me, I had mistaken an aspirin tablet instead of my 5 mg of prednisone. The 1mg was in a round plastic tub, but the prednisone is in one of those pop strips , identical to aspirin..

From now on I shall prepare everything ahead of going to bed. Old age kicking in...feather headed.

Such a silly thing to happen, that's why I want to warn other pmr sufferers.

Yulik

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Happens to everyone at some point! I trust you took the 5mg pronto?

[YuliK in reply to PMRpro]

Pronto, most definitely, you can be sure of that. 😂

[Hidden]

At first when i read the title, i read it as a photo dark room. I spent a few seconds trying to think which chemicals might effect pred. Of course i then thought better read it. Its so easy to pop the wrong pill. I was convinced the other day that i had taken 1mg extra of pred instead of my thyroid pill. I will never know i dont suppose. It's my own fault as i had packets out in a line as i can't pick up tbe pills easily if i pre-pop them.

I hope you caught up quickly tbe same day!

[YuliK in reply to Hidden]

I soon picked up and returned back to my usual self after taking my Prednisone . Thanks. 👍

[Hidden]

I though oh,oh what’s Yulik been up to? 😉

Welcome to ‘The l won’t forget again Club(sub-division ‘Don’t take Your Meds in a Dark Room’)

It’s so easily done, hope you’re feeling better now? x

[YuliK in reply to Hidden]

Yes thanks , ready to 'trip the light fantastic'...💃

[Hidden in reply to YuliK]

Take Care x

[HeronNS]

This shows for a fact that an ordinary painkiller is no substitute for pred! Glad you are okay now!

[SnazzyD]

Well, you’ve proved that aspirin doesn’t help PMR much. I put all my pills in one pot the night before and I take them with a glass of water at 6am without opening my eyes. I must be doing it ok because I often find the pot empty and my husband denies taking them!

[PMRCanada]

Happened to me too! I keep my pred tablets pre-counted, in a glass shot glass next to my bedside with a yogurt tube (or half banana) and a glass of water.

I’ve woken up sore and later found tablets stuck to the bottom of the shot glass. One time I got up at 2am, ate the banana, drank the water and forgot to take the tablets altogether! (sigh)

[Carrollee in reply to PMRCanada]

😂😂😂

[YuliK in reply to PMRCanada]

That last part of your post did make me giggle. So no more shots for you then. 😀

[Louisepenygraig]

So easy to make a mistake, especially in the dark . All my tablets come in pop out packs and sometimes I can almost get confused even in the light! I've not yet taken the wrong one. Last night I popped out a mg of Prednisolone instead of 10mg amitryptaline. Luckily the amitryptaline are blue so I realised fairly quickly. I've made similar mistakes before and, so far, always realised in time.

[Jan_Noack]

I'm sure we've all done something like that. I even make mistakes when I forget my glasses..I THINK I make it our properly in the middle of the night.. BUT